In Rojava, the west Kurdistan, in Syrian territory, the Islamic State (Isis) attacked the
city of Kobane, close to borders of Turkey, and the population is now facing the brutality
of this authoritarian / obscurantist force. ---- Kurdistan, and other regions, is affected
by violence the Islamic State (ISIS). The resistance of the people is admirable. These are
the real forces of progress. There is, indeed, nothing to expect from military games in
the United States, the European Union and regional powers. The various States involved are
using the area as a battleground for their own strategy and to sell their weapons. ----
The role of the religious government of Turkey is crucial in the region. It prevents with
violence the flow of refugee families then it leaves the Islamist fighters to Syria. So it
is clear that Turkish government is effectively in war with the Kurdish people.
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The General Election in New Zealand/Aotearoa took place at the end of September and so its
all over and done with. More accurately, the ritual of deciding who will politically rule
over us has ended. The election of our bosses in the workplace never happened. The end
result in both cases is the same. We are faced with a ruling class that feels emboldened
to attack workers when it senses opportunities to do so. The latest piece of ammunition
the government is preparing to lob our way comes in the form of a bland sounding piece of
legislation, the Employment Relations Amendment Bill. This law was delayed prior to the
election, due to the resignation of the now ex-MP criminal John Banks, but will be enacted
within the next 100 days. What is the bill about?
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Statement on the crisis in Rojava from feminists and LGBTs in Turkey ---- We may pretend
that nothing is happening, but it is. One of the unique experiences of women’s history is
under threat of being shattered. It is not a matter that is important only for Kurdish
people, it is a matter for all of us. ---- Women of Rojava and Kurdish women fighters have
made a revolution for an alternative life possible by sinking their teeth into it. It is
an alternative life not only for women but also for all minorities, all ethnicities that
they can live together in a peaceful way. And it is an alternative to capitalism and to
patriarchy. ---- ISIS is massacring all minorities like Ezidis, Turkmens, Christians and
many others in the Middle East. Just a month ago Ezidis of Sinjar were slaughtered.
Together with the USA, Turkey and other powers, ISIS desires to end particularly this
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It’s the 24th day of ISIS attacks on Kobanê. While people’s defending forces in all border
villages are on human shield sentry for Kobanê against attacks, everyone, everywhere in
the region we live, rised up not to let Kobanê fall. ---- We have been on human shield
sentry for around three weeks in Boydê village west of Kobanê. In the last two days,
explosions and sounds of clashes got intense in Kobanê’s outer districts and town center.
During this period of intense clashes, military forces increased their attacks on human
shield sentries at border villages. Soldiers of Turkish State has been attacking with gas
bombs to those who approach the border from both sides, including the village that we are
in, which was attacked on Tuesday. Soldiers also used live ammunition from time to time in
their attacks and wounded people.
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For the past year, our comrades from the CNT have been in conflict with the above
companies which outsource IT workers to avoid direct contracting for Santander Bank and
some other firms. ISBAN is owned by Santander Bank and is used to avoid direct hiring. In
this way, about 10,000 workers are forced to work in more precarious conditions. Our
comrade from the IT Workers Union in Madrid was fired after calling attention to the
problems and trying to organize. ---- The CNT organized actions around Spain and the IWA
around the world. A few other organizations and comrades also took part in solidarity
actions that were held in 15 countries. ---- We understand that the solidarity actions did
a lot to help! We have been informed that a resolution has been reached in the case of the
individual comrade and that the economic compensation is much greater
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On 28 and 29 June was held the third Frequently self-management of Montreuil, organized by
dozens of union structures, policies, associations and cooperatives. The event, which
attracted 1,300 visitors and visitors this year, gave the speech, among other things, the
strikers of the SNCF, the undocumented and the actors and actresses of urban struggles.
---- For its third edition, to better fill, the Fair was limited to four major forums
(instead of five or six), around which unfolded, loosely, a proliferation of debates,
workshops, booths and other activities. Each forum - "Self-Management and Ecology"; "The
economy can it be "social solidarity"? , "Self-management and unions", "Gentrification,
right to the city and urban struggles" - brought together a hundred people[1].
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